Liparis condylobulbon | photo C. Solimbergo |
taxonomy | described by | Reichenbach, Heinrich Gustav |
published in | Hamburger Garten - und Blumenzeitung 18 : 34 1862 | |
family | Orchidaceae | |
subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
tribe | Malaxideae | |
subtribe | Malaxidinae | |
genus | Liparis L.C. Richard 1817 | |
chromosomes | 2n = 30, 42 | |
metabolism | CAM pathway, stomata of the leaves are open at night. | |
(K.Silvera, L.S. Santiago, J.C. Cushman, K. Winter - International Symposium on Plant Biology, August 2013) | ||
it is useful give the soluble mineal nutriens, on the roots. | ||
native of | origins |
mossy trunks of small trees, close to beaches and lagoons, or in the rainforests of Malaysia (Borneo, |
Java, Jawa, Buitenring Archipelago), Indonesia, Taiwan, The Philippines, Papua (Kaiser Wilhelmsland, |
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Des, Mimi), Australia (Cape York), New Caledonia (Upper Amoa River Valley), Vanuatu (Undine Bay), |
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Solomon (Guadalcanal), Fiji (Cakadrove) |
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altitude | 75 - 1600 m (247 - 5280 ft) | |
habitat |
climate informations from Paseh (Java, Indonesia) |
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Köppen climate classification : Af, humid tropical climate of the rainforest | ||
(without a winter season, more and abundant rainfall) | ||
the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 800 m / 2640 ft) : |
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photoperiod |
in Paseh this orchid blooms with a photoperiod, which varies during the year, from 12 h 24 m', to 11 h 36 m' |
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life form | epiphyte or litophyte | |
brightness | partial shade | |
inflorescence | length | 18 - 22 cm (7.2" - 8.8"), apical |
nr flowers | 120 - 160 | |
size | single flower 0.4 L 0.4 cm (0.08" L 0.08") - inflorescence 17 L 2 cm (6.8" L 0.8") | |
duration | inflorescence ≈ 20 days | |
time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 30 days | |
CITES | appendix | II |